He met Marie in middle school, and even at that young age, he had decided she was the one he was going to marry. He spent the rest of middle school winning her over, and by the time he worked up the nerve to actually, properly ask her out, she was more than willing. It was the classic, cheesy romance story, but they were happy with it. Happy enough that they married straight out of high school and never minded the comments and sideways looks they got for it.